The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant falls under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) and will support research titled "Computationally Driven Design of Synthetic Tissue-Like Multifunctional Materials" from September 2021 through August 2025. Specifically, the four-year grant will fund the development of computational models and methods to...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $460,698 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The award is supporting research from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024 under the NSF Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041). Specifically, the University is developing data-driven model reduction and real-time estimation and control techniques for coherent structures in turbulent flows. The NSF Engineering Program seeks to...
This $251,445 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support fundamental research at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) focused on investigating fracture propagation in soft viscoelastic materials across a wide range of loading rates and temperatures. The research aims to develop integrated experimental and computational methods to provide a comprehensive understanding of dynamic fracture behavior in materials such as...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $398,286 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research related to stimuli-responsive soft materials. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program with a completion date of January 31, 2023. Through this funding, the University will deliver research developing soft materials that can change properties in response to external stimuli, advancing innovations at the intersection of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant, awarded to the University of Texas at Austin, will develop a fundamental understanding of the multi-functional response of a new class of engineered materials: three-dimensional woven architected nano-composites. The $375,000 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, will use experimental, computational, and analytical approaches, including microscale 3D printing, in-situ mechanical testing,...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $473,913 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on June 1, 2021 to support the program "Empowering Engineering Scholar-Activists through Community-Driven Research Experiences." The funding will support this program through May 31, 2025 under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project aims to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research and education by enabling...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $453,738 supports fundamental research at the University of Texas at Austin to develop an integrated experimental and computational framework for analyzing soft material fracture behavior. The key objectives are to: Advance high-resolution experimental methods for tracking crack propagation in soft materials like hydrogels, elastomers, and biological tissues using improved digital image and volume...
The Trustees of Boston University were awarded a $286,932 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INFERRING THE IN SITU MICRO-MECHANICS OF EMBEDDED FIBER NETWORKS BY LEVERAGING LIMITED IMAGING DATA." The two-year project beginning January 1, 2022 falls under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's $47.041 Engineering program, which seeks to improve quality of life...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $432,013 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research improving the quality of life and economic strength of the nation through engineering innovation and education. Under the three-year award beginning June 1, 2021, the University will research mechanisms for film formation during room temperature...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $282,698 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate the impact of information uncertainty on design decision-making under competition between teams. The 3-year project aims to develop quantitative models, metrics, and experimental testbeds to study how bounded rationality and imperfect information exchange affect sequential design decisions in competitive team environments. The research...